What good can it do an ass to be called a lion? 
Proverbes sur un sujet similaire
- Old habits die hard.
- Nature will have its course.
- That which is crooked cannot be made straight.
- As a man lives, so shall he die, as a tree falls, so shall it lie.
- A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
- An ape is ne'er so like an ape, as when he wears a doctor's cape.
- The ass loaded with gold Still eats thistles.
- The cask savours of the first fill.
- Bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre.
- A kite will never be a good hawk.
- Send a fool to France, and a fool he'll come back.
Expressions apparentées
Proverbes similaires dans une autre langue
Latin
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Ex auro frenum non meliorat equum.
Un peu d'or n'améliore pas un cheval.
Allemand
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Wenn man den Dreck auch vergoldet, er stinkt doch.
Même si on dore la saleté, elle pue quand même.
Tchèque
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Janek do Prahy, Janek z Prahy.
Janek à Prague, Janek de Prague.